Every now and then, we hear of different calamities having struck institutions, countries, and even individual personalities. Surprisingly enough disaster management has proven to be a challenging task to even the most advanced and civilized economies in the world....

When many people can think of it as a modern healthcare concept, credentialing has been part of the medical fraternity since the middle ages. In a brief history of credentialing by ACP Hospitalist, the practice can be traced back to as early as the year 1224. In the...